Tweet This entry in the House of the Dead franchise takes the original Wii-exclusive release and brings it to the PS3 with a high-definition makeover, PlayStation Move support, and a glut of new content (including two brand-new stages). The result is a game that, while not perfect, manages to scratch that...

Tweet A lone hero versus a creepy madhouse filled with zombies and other horrific creatures of the night?  It’s been done before,  but it’s never felt this real. Sega’s Rise of Nightmares is the first ESRB M-rated title exclusively for the Kinect peripheral, and after taking one look at...

Tweet I review books as well as video games. A book takes me about 5 hours, maybe less, to play through it. I don’t ever get stuck in a particularly tough boss chapter section where either my skills or the book’s design prevent me from moving forward. I watch movies, too. I can imagine that...

Tweet Sega’s mildly received Western developed hardcore experiment on Wii, House of the Dead: Overkill is reborn with a new coat of “shiny” on the PlayStation3 as House of the Dead Overkill: Extended Cut. As those who have experienced the original game already know, Overkill is a bit of ...

Tweet RRRRRRRIIIIIIIDDDDDGGGGGGEEEEEEE RRRRRAAAACCCCCEEEEERRRR! Well, actually that is a lie. Sega Rally Online Arcade is a downloadable rally game from – yes, you guessed it, Sega – that channels arcade racing games of old while adding a new coat of paint to the package. Although it is easy to...

Tweet It is finally time to bury the term “for a Wii game.” The overused review qualifier that was imagined as a means to quell the fervent and insistent Nintendo fanbase has become a liability that has lead to the creation of a bias towards an underpowered system with ambitions far beyond its scope. The...

Tweet Region-locking: truly a two-way street that goes nowhere. Last year, I spent two months studying abroad at the Yamasa Institute in Okazaki, Japan.  One of the people I met there working for the school was a US expat and Japanese history buff who was extremely excited about The Creative...

Tweet Sports games always seem to get the short end of the stick as far as soundtracks go (with one of the major exceptions being the early Tony Hawk games); Publishers rely on popular Top-40 hits that are never able to feel fresh or exciting because by the time the game actually makes it to retail, the...

Tweet Last week put a focus on the soundtrack from Jet Grind Radio, which channeled the style and format of a mixed tape for inspiration, and at first glance this week’s game seems to take a page from the same book, but is actually fundamentally different in its execution with Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s...

Tweet The Sega Dreamcast signaled an end, but it also birthed a new beginning for home consoles. Sega’s swan song as a hardware manufacturer provided some of the most diverse and genre defining experiences across the short period of its consumer relevance. Unfortunately, Sega lacked the necessary capital...